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Daniel Pena

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Galata Tower above the rooftops of Istanbul
  • City walks
  • Istanbul

Three days in Istanbul without a plan

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We arrived with nothing booked past the first night and let the ferries decide the rest. Here is what that cost us, what it saved, and the two neighbourhoods we would go back to tomorrow.

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Colonnade of an ancient temple in the afternoon light
  • Ruins
  • Aegean

Ephesus before the coaches arrive

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The gates open at eight and the first hour belongs to whoever got up for it. Marble street, library facade and the terrace houses — in the order that keeps you ahead of the crowd all morning.

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Tent pitched on a ridge at dusk
  • Trekking
  • Camping

Sleeping above the Lycian Way

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Four nights on the ridge between Olympos and Adrasan. What fits in a forty-five litre pack, where the water actually is, and why we started walking at four in the morning.

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A quiet cove on the coast near Antalya
  • Swimming
  • Antalya

Konyaaltı is the easy answer and it is a good one. But the coves east of Kaleiçi are twenty minutes away, cost nothing to reach, and stay quiet until the middle of the day.

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Campfire burning after dark at a camp site
  • Camp food
  • Recipes

Lentils, flatbread and whatever the village shop had that morning. Five camp meals that need one pot, no refrigeration and under twenty minutes of standing over the fire.

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